Abstract :
A short recalling is given of the most important recent developments in the field of calorimetry and related techniques applied in the study of phase transitions which permit to achieve pico- and femtojoule sensitivities on the energetic scale and femtomole sensitivities on the reactant concentration scale. An emphasis is given to the global virtual instrument control which should facilitate and familiarise the techniques of measurements. A hope is expressed that the future developments should make much closer instrumental links between results of thermodynamic measurements and their molecular interpretation and that the internet facilities will unable both a closer connection between the research and the industry and a much easier and direct verification of both the new instrumentation and the results obtained.
